Emphasis Preaching Journal

Here's a quiz for you. What do you think of when I say "The Ten Commandments?" Is it: A) a movie -- C.B. DeMille, cast of thousands, cost of millions; B) a set of rules, an ethical code found in some form or another in most civilizations; C) the first chief part of Luther's Catechism, which we all had to memorize, and you're glad that's over and you don't have to bother with that stuff anymore; D) a ladder -- 10 rungs to pull ourselves up to God's standard and make ourselves good enough for God. ABCD are all partly right because people have thought of it that way, and will.